Manufacture of fur garments



Jan. 22, 1963 HAK v MANUFACTURE 0F FUR GARMENTS Filed June 29, 1960 United States Patent Oiice 3,074,073 Patented Jan. 22, 1963 3,074,073 MANUFACTURE GF FUR GARMENTS Louis Hak, 736 Bloomfield Ave., Apt. E, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Filed .lune 29, 1960, Ser. No. 39,530 2 Claims. (Cl. 2-65) The present invention relates to the making up of fur pelts or synthetic fur fabrics into garments. More specifically, the invention is concerned with a method of cutting and assemblin'g neutral or furs of one shade of the inexpensive shorter haired types, or synthetic fur fabrics, in such a manner as to provide a novel and more luxurious appearance. The types of furs to which the present method is particularly applicable are those such as mouton, synthetic persian, sheared dyed rabbit, etc.

In accordance with the present invention, the pelts or sections of fur are cut in relatively narrow strips and then sewn together with a piping or tubular welt of leather between each seam to provide distinct divisions or stripes which are spaced 4and tapered to suit the garment being made. This piping is preferably made of strips of soft leather which are each folded upon themselves to provide a tubular bead with the joined edges incorporated in the seam joining the fur strips. In the preferred construction the tubular or exposed portion of the piping extends above the skin or backing to a height substantially equal to the depth of the fur. The spacing between the piping of course is selected to suit the garment that is to be made and runs from about 2" to about 6" at the widest. In order to conform with the contours of the garment the pelts and of course the piping may taper to a narrow spacing at some points, for example down to as little as 1A but this will only be for short lengths.

Having thus generally described the nature of the invention, particular `reference will be made to the accompanying drawing showing by Way of illustration a preferred embodiment thereof, and in which:

FIGURE l s a rear elevational view of a garment formed from fur skins or fur fabric portions cut and assembled with stripe defining pipings in accordance with the invention.

FIGURE 2 is a view in plan of an enlarged section of the garment shown in FIGURE l.

FIGURE 3 is a sectional view of the construction shown in FIGURE 2 to show the shape and attachment of the stripe defining piping.

With particular reference rto FIGURES 2 and 3 of the drawings, the method of Ithe presen-t invention ncludes in addition to the usual steps of cutting previously dyed or prepared skins into strips and joining said strips 10 by sewing, the additional step of preparing and placing a tubular piping 12 of plain flexible material between each adjacent pair of fur strips 10 and securing said piping 12 between said strips with the usual sewn seam.

As shown most clearly in FIGURE 3, the piping 12 is made from elongated strips, preferably of thin leather or other similar material, which are folded on themselves to make a tubular bead or piping 12 with the free edges placed between the edges of the strips 10 and sewn together in the usual Way by a skin sewing machine, as is well known in the art.

The width of the piping 12 is selected so that when folded over and sewn the top 12a of the piping 12 is preferably substantially even with the fur on the strips 10. The tubular formation of the piping 12 presents an attractive surface blending with the rfur so that when the joined skins are made up into a garment as shown in FIGURE l, it has a distinct and luxurious appearance not possible with the furs or fur fabrics of the type described. As previously mentioned, the preferred material for the piping is a thin leather which can be polished or flat finished as desired, the colour being selected to provide a distinct contrast to the fur so as to define the stripes. Alternatively, other materials could be utilized for the striping, for example synthetic leathers, plastic materials or fabrics.

As will be obvious from the preceding description and accompanying drawing in addition to providing the distinct and luxurious appearance referred to, the present garment structure embodying the intervening piping also serves in a utilitarian manner by reinforcing such a garment. The piping extending to the level of the pile on the -fur prevents the pile from being crushed, which is quite common in fur garments utilizing inexpensive furs, and further the intervening strips of piping prevents rubbing or loss of hair which is also common, for example when a fur garment is worn lby one doing considerable driving.

I claim:

l. A fur garment comprising in combination elongated strips of fur skins interconnected along the adjacent side margins to form relatively narrow panels [forming the -body and sleeves of said garment, each of said panels being defined at each side margin by a length of tubular piping interposed between each interconnected pair of said fur strips, said piping forming part of the interconnecting seam between said strips and extending from its point of interconnection with said strips to substantially the height of the fur pile on said stn'ps, whereby the portions of said piping free of connection with said seams are adapted to act as wear resistant pile retaining reinforcements for said interconnected fur strips.

2. A fur garment as claimed in claim 1 wherein each of said tubular piping lengths is made of an elongated strip of leather folded upon itself to form a tubular outline having a double thickness attachment strip extending outwardly therefrom with the tree edges of said folded leather strip forming said attachment strip disposed between the adjacent edges of said fur skin strips and sewn together with said fur skin edges, leaving said tubular portion of said piping free and in juxtaposed relationship with the fur of said adjacent skin strips.

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 814,089 Shaw Mar. 6, 1906 2,120,152 Post June 7, 1938 2,659,421 Wass et al Nov. 17, 1953 2,741,203 Rand Apr. 10, 1956 FOREIGN PATENTS 22,730 Great Britain May 14, 1908 

1. A FUR GARMENT COMPRISING IN COMBINATION ELONGATED STRIPS OF FUR SKINS INTERCONNECTED ALONG THE ADJACENT SIDE MARGINS TO FORM RELATIVELY NARROW PANELS FORMING THE BODY AND SLEEVES OF SAID GARMENT, EACH OF SAID PANELS BEING DEFINED AT EACH SIDE MARGIN BY A LENGTH OF TUBULAR PIPING INTERPOSED BETWEEN EACH INTERCONNECTED PAIR OF SAID FUR STRIPS, SAID PIPING FORMING PART OF THE INTERCONNECTING SEAM BETWEEN SAID STRIPS AND EXTENDING FROM ITS POINT OF INTERCONNECTION WITH SAID STRIPS TO SUBSTANTIALLY THE HEIGHT OF THE FUR PILE ON SAID STRIPS, WHEREBY THE PORTIONS OF SAID PIPING FREE OF CONNECTION WITH SAID SEAM ARE 